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This is personally frustrating me right now because I'm trying to help somebody select a new laptop, and I'm finding that I don't have the confidence to recomme
by jeffparsons 4y ago
This is personally frustrating me right now because I'm trying to help somebody select a new laptop, and I'm finding that I don't have the confidence to recommend _anything_ anymore. This is the situation:
- Switching away from an M1 MacBook because they can't stand macOS.
- Happy with Windows or Linux from past experience.
- Close lid, put in bag is an important workflow.
- Something reasonably modern and capable would be nice, but doesn't need to be a powerhouse (don't need current gen CPU necessarily, don't need discrete graphics).
Does anything on the market actually have reliable power management? I've been looking at the Dell XPS range, Lenovo Yoga, X1 Carbon, and Framework laptops today. But I can find power management horror stories for all of them, so I don't know what to think.
- schmorptron 4y agoI'm not sure on this, but something that runs coreboot would have a better chance at supporting the proper s3 sleep, wouldn't it?
- grandpoobah 4y agoMy old Lenovo X6 Carbon had support for S3 sleep. Maybe you could go to a store and check all the laptops until you find one that supports S3.
- antifa 4y agoDecade of 24/7 jet engine fans on every laptop I've owned and "surprise furnace in laptop bag" is basically why I bought the M1 Mac, which is the first Apple device I've ever owned. If I can't stand MacOS for whatever reason, I can wait for asahilinux to modernize. If I had bought another intel leafblower, it would have still been a jet engine under linux. I can't go back to the craziness of chasing on horseback with a lasso the power user features and how/where windows moved/removed/unset them on every update.
- stu2b50 4y agoYou could try a M1 macbook with linux on it?
- fsflover 4y agoThis could fit your needs: https://puri.sm/products/librem-14 https://puri.sm/products/librem-14.